The LuxSci FYI Blog

by Erik Kangas, PhD, CEO

LuxSci already has several features that help you save your work when composing new email messages:

Commands to save the message as a “Draft”

If you try to leave the composition screen without sending or saving the message, WebMail asks you to confirm.

However, there are still situations where you could lose important work:

Being auto-logged out due to stepping away from your computer for too long

Confirming by mistake that you want to stop composing the message

Web browser crashes, computer crashes, power failures, etc.

LuxSci’s new “Auto-Save” feature protects you from all of these situations by automatically and seamlessly saving your work as you are typing.

How Does It Work?

The first time you compose a messages in WebMail, you are asked if you want to enable this auto-save feature. After that, you can toggle its use in your Preferences area.

Why would you not always want auto-save on? Some people are very cautious about what information is saved to the server — for this reason, auto-saving of your compositions is an opt-in feature (though one that we recommend and prompt you explicitly about).

Your saved composition will appear in your Drafts folder within 1-2 minutes and changes will be updated to your Draft copy within 1-2 minutes of the changes being made.

The new Draft is automatically deleted if you successfully send your message or save it explicitly as a new Draft or Template.

In all other cases, your composition will remain in your Drafts folder for you to later view or resume.

Auto-saved drafts:

Do not include attachments — presumably you have copies of these on your computer. If you want a Draft with attachments use the “Save as Draft” button explicitly. By not auto-saving attachments, we can save the rest of your message much faster and more efficiently.

Are normal Drafts — You can access these Drafts any time from WebMail or any IMAP or MobileSync-enabled email program or device. You can even access these Drafts while still composing the original message!

Will remain in your Drafts folder until you explicitly remove them (though you can configure your Drafts folder to auto-delete old messages).